Hi! We’re Here To Serve You
We’ve been delighting clients for 20 years. We’d love to meet you and your pets and have you hire us, too!
Why do clients love us so much? (besides the cute photos we take and online notes we send you every visit?)
First, we hire EXPERIENCED career animal professionals as employees into our bonded and insured company. We don’t have any seasonal or contract staff.
Second, we introduce your neighborhood TEAM to you and your pets, so you and your pets know who visits your home.
Third, everyone on our team is CERTIFIED as Fear Free Certified® Professionals and certified in pet first aid/cpr, which brings you and your pets a level of consistent training in handling pets, nuanced animal body language, social needs, enrichment activities, and emergency preparedness.
Career Experience
If your pets are gregarious and healthy, or shy and introverted, or need special or customized care – whether elderly, ill, or very young – we can help.
Our Team of Pet Experts – Ready to Help You!
Client Services Manager
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Alison jumped aboard in 2018, working in our Client Services team in our office. She’s a long-time volunteer with Rural Dog rescue, and has been a foster dog mom along the way. She has one dog of her own, a terrier mix named Bailey. In her previous experience, Alison worked in sales and customer service, in virtual teams with field employees, office management and data analysis positions. Alison has her bachelor’s from George Mason University.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Amy re-joined our company in 2024, after having worked here as a Pet Care Professional 2022-2023. Before her previous employment on our team, she had two years of pet sitting experience and volunteering as a pet attendant at the local animal shelter where she socialized puppies, and served as kennel attendant for the dogs, doing walks and kennel clean ups. At home she has one rescue dog Winnie and a cat, Kefla, who’s 4 and “very sassy.”
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Autumn joined us in 2024, working with our Alexandria City clients inside the beltway. She has 3+ years’ experience in veterinary care as a vet assistant, and prior to that almost 10 years of equestrian work caring for horses and providing riding lessons. Fun personal fact: she’s owned rabbits, guinea pigs and ferrets. She has her Associates’ degree in liberal arts and currently is working toward a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Digital Marketing Manager
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Becky joined the team (again!) in 2021 as our marketing expert, after having worked here as a Pet Care Professional 2016-17. Her knowledge of our business and clients’ needs is an asset. Becky has past experience working in digital marketing and social media. She’s also a cat owner and a long-time volunteer with animal rescue organizations, having helped socialize many cats to prepare them for adoption. She has her master’s degree in Psychology.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Bella joined us in 2023, serving Alexandria City clients. She has several years’ experience working in pet boarding and doggie day care facilities, and pet sitting independently in Alexandria. After the stresses of pack dog management in that day care environment (It’s perfect for some, but not all), she’s enjoying caring for pets in the much calmer environments in their homes. At home she has a pitbull named Brixxie and a cat named Koda.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Carmen hopped aboard in 2024, serving our Alexandria City clients. She has ten years’ experience with animals and animal behavior with a diverse range of pets including dogs, cats, rats, reptiles, and birds. For the prior four years, she worked as a service dog trainer and founder of a service dog organization with a mission to educate dog owners and train service dogs using force-free philosophy. She has her bachelor’s in Communications from George Mason University.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
– CPDT – KA, Professional Dog Trainer
Chantal jumped in our team in 2022, serving our Alexandria City clients. After many years pet sitting for friends and neighbors, she decided to step away from office jobs to work with animals full time. She has fostered dogs, often ones needing special leash skills and help with reactivity or behavior management. She is a professional dog trainer. At home she has an 2 year old dog, Charlie, who’s a rescue from A Forever Home (a foster fail)!
Client Services Coordinator
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Cristina joined our team in 2024 as a Pet Care Professional serving our Alexandria City clients inside the beltway, before moving into our Client Services team in our (virtual) office. She has 3+ years’ experience working in fostering and adoption. She’s a lifelong animal lover and advocate who has owned dogs, cats, hamsters, fish, and a dwarf rabbit. She currently has Cully, a loving pitbull-boxer mix. Her previous dog was a sweet miniature pinscher who was diabetic during her senior years. She has her bachelor’s from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Dolf joined the team in early 2024, serving clients outside-the-beltway from Mount Vernon to Huntington. He brings many years’ experience working with animals: professionally for three years at a local pet hotel, and several years as a volunteer naturalist at a local wildlife park. He’s well versed in medication administration and in behavior management and of cats and dogs – at home he has several flocks of indoor birds, fresh water fish tanks, a snake, a very “snuggly” dog and a “princess” cat.
CEO & General Manager
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Elizabeth Legere founded Alexandria Pet Care in 2004 with a mission to provide Alexandria families a choice of higher level care by pet experts in a unique neighborhood team concept. She currently owns Mocha, a frisky Lagotto Romagnolo. Elizabeth has a bachelor’s from Smith College, and previously worked in marketing, SaaS development, and technology consulting, before finding her true passion working with pets.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Grant joined us in 2024 serving our inside-the-beltway Alexandria clients, bringing 3 years’ experience as a veterinary assistant and before that a kennel manager for veterinary boarding care. Over the years he has cared for many special needs pets and helped pets feel comfortable in the vet environment where they can be the most stressed. Prior to that he worked in hospitality and restaurants. He’s currently studying for an Associate’s degree in Veterinary Medicine.
Client Services Manager
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Hope recently moved to our Client Services team after working as a Pet Care Professional with us. She welcomes our new clients, has met all our regular and monthly clients, and emailed or talked with nearly all our pet sitting clients. Previously, she worked professionally with 3 years’ experience with pets. She has a long track record of fostering, notably dogs and ones with behavior quirks, training issues, and anxiety. At home she has a menagerie: a dog, geckos, a corn snake, and fish.
Client Services Coordinator
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Jessica joined us in 2023 to serve our clients in Alexandria City as a Pet Care Professional and later accepted her role in client services in our (virtual) office. She brings 5+ years’ pet sitting in Manhattan, specializing in pets with anxiety and pets with medical needs including inhalers, pills and insulin. She has her bachelor’s in Animal Science from North Carolina A&T State University. Outside work, she’s an artist working in acrylics and oil painting. At home she has a cat named Huey.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Jordan started in 2023, serving our Fairfax County and Alexandria City client neighborhoods. She’s a full-time Pet Care Professional with over 2 years’ experience as a veterinary assistant and vet technician. Before that experience, she previously worked at SeaWorld as an educator providing animal presentations and information. At home she has a Husky and a Husky mix. She has her bachelor’s degree from Piedmont International University in NC.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Kate started in 2024, serving our Alexandria City client neighborhoods. She’s a full-time Pet Care Professional with over 6 years’ experience pet sitting and dog walking for another company and also for friends and family. She’s been a pet foster also, so she’s used to caring for cats and dogs with unique needs. She has her bachelor’s in Biology from American University.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Keene started serving our Alexandria City client neighborhoods in 2024. He’s a full-time Pet Care Professional with over 3 years’ experience with pets: first as a dog groomer, then a veterinary boarding associate, and most recently as a dog coach at a local doggie daycare. He has also volunteered at a local animal shelter’s spay and neuter clinic. He’s currently studying for an Associate’s degree in General Studies, and has two pets at home: Baxter a small poodle mix, and Niko a domestic shorthair cat.
Internal Communications & Media Manager
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Lotus became our Internal Communications and Media Manager in 2024, after joining the team in 2022 as a Pet Care Professional. Prior to working here, Lotus worked three years as a professional pet sitter. She is also certified as a yoga instructor and is a professional artist talented in experiential art. At home she has a bunny named “Hoi Hoi” and a cat named “Muffin.” She grew up on a small Virginia culinary herb farm around horses, dogs, cats, and other exotics. She has her bachelor’s in Anthropology from George Mason University.
Pet Care Operations Director
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Maria is the leader of our Pet Care Professionals, who joined us in 2023. She has been working with pets for 10+ years, most recently at another company as Operations Manager and as General Manager. She has many years’ management experience both in hospitality and in pet care services. Currently she has an 11-year-old dachshund Oliver, and 10-year old Lulu (mostly fox hound) at home. She has her bachelor’s in Business Management. Outside work, she uses her green thumb with houseplants (mostly tropical) and her outdoor veggie gardens.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Mariah joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2024 to serve our Alexandria clients inside the beltway. She Mariah has 3 years’ experience in veterinary care working as a Veterinary Assistant, most recently in a Fear-Free practice. As a result, she’s a master of animal body language, medications and pilling and insulin, and handling special behavioral needs and medical needs. She’s also worked with horses before; too bad that’s not a skill we need here! She has her bachelor’s in Animal Science from Rutgers University.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Norma joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2023 after 5+ years’ experience at a local veterinary hospital, working as a veterinary assistant and then veterinary technician. She pampered the boarded pets at the clinic, and assisted in critical care and surgeries. Independently, she’s helped with neighbors’ home dog walking and pet sitting. At home she has 2 dogs, a 4-pound Yorkie and a 66-pound pit bull. Guess which one rules the house? She has her bachelor’s degree from George Mason in Biology.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Orlis joined Alexandria Pet Care in early 2024 with 3+ years’ experience in caring for animals at a local pet boarding hotel, where he learned much about body language, leash management for dog walks, and behavior management. In addition, his past experience includes pet sitting and dog walking, and working at a local animal shelter. At home he has 2 dogs, Dallas and Astro. Outside work, he is in nursing school and loves to hike and spend time with family and friends.
Pet Care Professional
CERTIFICATIONS:
– Pet First Aid / CPR
– Fear Free Certified® Pet Sitting Professional
Ryan joined Alexandria Pet Care in 2023 after 15+ years’ experience pet sitting for friends, neighbors, and family. She just recently moved to Alexandria from Washington state (ask her about island life in the upper northwest!), and is looking forward to caring for pets in their homes. She has owned all sorts of animals over the years from tiny zebra finches to horses, dogs, cats, and exotics. She had a previous career in the human medical field as a phlebotomist and lab assistant.
Human Resources Advisor
CERTIFICATIONS:
– SPHR
Winoka joined our team in 2023 as our first-ever HR Advisor as our company grows. She brings almost twenty years’ experience working in Human Resources, with a focus on employee experience, employee wellness, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives. She’s a dog mom of a rescue pit bull, and a grandmother to five lucky grandkids. Winoka has her Bachelors in Human Resource Management from Baker College and her Masters in Instructional Development and Design from Bellevue University.
“Yes, We’ll Be There” – your service reliability guarantee
Once you’re a client, we’re available to your pets all year long for dog walking and pet sitting.
7 am to 10 pm, 365.
We guarantee our availability, when you book appointments with three or more days’ notice, except in November and December. (Holiday period visits Nov 15-30 and Dec 15-31) should be booked 30 days in advance. All clients meet your neighborhood team of pet professionals, so you can schedule pet visits and know that even if one employee’s schedule is full, you’ll already know personally who else from your team will come to your home.